Question: How can a person determine for himself that it is not the group that needs correction but himself?

Answer: This feeling is revealed to a person as an assessment of their state when suddenly see it this way.

They see that despite their actions, they all stem from their intention to be fulfilled, to receive. And although others may also be in a similar state, it does not matter. A person judges oneself relative to the light descending upon him and then determines that he is in the intention for the sake of receiving.

One may sink into despair, or one may say: “What is now being revealed to me is a sign of the revelation of something new, something real. And now, I must find the strength. The one who reveals this state to me will also reveal to me how I can come out of it.”

It all depends on the preparation of the person and the group: on how it supports him, and on how ready he is to receive its support.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/26/26, Rabash, “What Is, ‘The Saboteur Was in the Flood, and Was Putting to Death,’ in the Work?”

Question: Since ancient times people have wanted to know what awaits them in the future. There were prophets, seers, and oracles. And even today, people are very concerned about their future. What is “the future”?

Answer: The future is what we build in the present. The concepts of past, present, and future exist only in our perception. It is very difficult to explain the concept of time to an ordinary person in our world because to do so he must rise above time, movement, and space.

Everything must be examined with respect to the person, meaning we must understand that we are not studying what happens in the world, but in our sensation of the world. A person senses changes only because he himself changes, not because something outside of him changes. If I see a hurricane, rain, drought, winter, or summer, it means that I feel such states within myself.

I perceive this entire world within myself: stones, plants, animals, and people; those that were, are, and will be, all exist only in my perception.

Therefore I need to investigate why my sensation is divided into these three categories: past, present, and future. Once I understand this, I will be able to relate correctly to reality. Reality does not exist independently outside of me, but it is determined by my perception.

The wisdom of Kabbalah says that nothing outside of me changes. Everything happens only within me, in my perception, which changes day by day, moment by moment.

This completely changes the whole picture because if the world were outside of us, our ability to influence it would be very limited. Clearly predicting droughts, floods, and earthquakes helps us protect ourselves from an external threat by building dams or leaving the dangerous area. Yet this does not prevent the blow itself. If I understand that a flood does not occur externally, but in my inner sensation, then I can arrange myself internally so that the tsunami will not come at all. I can create a completely different world for myself where the sun shines and everything is wonderful.

Or perhaps I will even feel like I am in an entirely different dimension, in another world. After all, if everything depends on my perception, then I simply need to know how to manage my sensations in order to build a good external world within them. In other words, I divide the world into external and internal and say that I can change only the internal world, my sensation of the world, but not the external world.

The most important thing here is what to consider a constant and what is a variable that is subject to change. Either we consider ourselves constant and the external world changing, in which case we must protect ourselves from it.

Or we accept the external world as constant and unchanging, as the science of Kabbalah says, that the upper light is in absolute rest, and all changes and corrections occur within the person. In that case I can change myself and get the reality I want.
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From KabTV’s “New Life 934 – What Is ‘The Future?’” 12/19/17

Nothing prevents us from constantly maintaining the best feeling that we have ever had in our lives, the one we experienced at the congress when we felt unity, the connection between us and the Creator, spiritual revelation. If I descend from this state, it means that it is my own fault because I did not add my own efforts.

We received an awakening from above, from the Creator, and it should not disappear. The upper one gives us an example of what we should be like, and we must continue it. The awakening should not depend on the physical location of the congress. If there is no awakening, it means that the greatness of the Creator and the greatness of the group is lacking, and this can be further developed precisely after the congress, during the normal times.

The breaks between congresses should be perceived as opportunities organized for us by the Creator to invest our own efforts in this world. The construction of the spiritual vessel takes place precisely in darkness, at night. We need to see all the events of our life as connected by this very principle, so that “There was evening and there was morning one day.” This is the only way to perceive our lives.

From above, we are given moments of unification and closeness to the spiritual so that we can continue them when the awakening from above disappears. We must preserve this inner feeling by ourselves, at least with the same strength that was given from above, as if we had not left the congress.

The Creator raised us to a certain degree and left us, and we must continue on it. It is not good if we fall because we already have an example of how to continue. And then the Creator will raise us to the next degree, and even higher, and so every time.

When the Creator leaves us, He reveals which places need to be filled with His greatness. The only thing that is missing is the greatness of the Creator.

The main thing is to make an effort to remain constantly connected with the others, like at the congress, and to not let this feeling cool down, to continue it by all means. And then we will see that all the events of our lives—our return to work and all ordinary activities—are organized by the Creator for this very purpose: to fill all these daily empty spaces with awakening, inspiration from the spiritual, and the importance of the Creator.

We must maintain this state and not allow ourselves to descend. This is precisely where all the work ilies. There is not much to work on during the congress. The awakening given from above is working there, and everything happens by itself. But today, through our own efforts, prayer, and all possible means, we must not allow this awakening to cool off. Now is the time for work.

Therefore, at the congress we did not “achieve” success, but “received” it. Today we need to achieve success. It is possible to say that the congress, that is, the gathering and unification, begins right now!

If we correctly understand how to use the time of the congress and the time between congresses, then we will correctly realize the unity we have achieved. Everything is tested precisely by everyday states where all the work lies. So let us continue!
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/8/18, “The Greatness of the Creator”

Comment: It is easy to be inspired by a friend who treats me well. But it is difficult to be inspired by a friend who occaisionally treats me badly.

My Response: There are friends whom I tolerate with difficulty or perhaps cannot tolerate at all. There are those whom I barely notice; they neither anger nor delight me. And finally, there are those with whom I feel wonderful and joyful, among whom it is pleasant for me to be. So which of them should I see as the target of acquisition? After all, it is said: “Buy for yourself a friend.”

It is impossible to give a universal answer to this. I would say it this way: each time you will see what you are capable of, and that is what you should do. No one will tell you that you must specifically focus on the one you hate, with whom you cannot be together, even though he is in the group. That is incorrect. Rather, each time you should be with those friends through whom, as you feel, you are able to invest effort.

But this is not based on “pouncing” on someone, on beginning to bestow to him, to unite with him, and immediately go to drink beer together in order to become closer. No. To invest effort in acquiring a friend is a general investment in the group.

It is not about some personal connection with a specific individual upon whom I am constantly focused. In accordance with the state a person is going through at any given moment, those around him appear differently each time. Sometimes you are in a good state, as though elevated in the spiritual sense, and then suddenly you find yourself ready to embrace and kiss the very one you usually hate.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/16/26, Rabash, “Make for Yourself a Rav and Buy Yourself a Friend – 1”